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"I could have left then gone to a different, more lucrative world.But had i done that,could I honestly argue that the kids benefited at all? This work promised to be hard; now it was my job to work to make it fulfilling"

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"With an infusion of enrollment-related budget money, Joe bought close to thirteen thousand books at various levels, from those aimed at fledgling readers to those for the most advance."

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"His response isn't to blame the families, the situation, or the environment. It's to take what many might figure to be his kids' greatest liabilities and turn those on their head, making grit, determination, and ingenuity their greatest strengths."

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"I could have left then and gone into a different more lucrative world. but I had done that, could honestly argue that the kids benefited at all? This work promised to be hard but fulfilling. I had seen hard; now it was my job to work to make it fulfilling." This shows that Joe Manko doesn't want to give up on his students.

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"From the moment they (his students) walk through the door they know they are not only in a place of high expectations but also in a place of peace and freedom-a place of love."

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"with an infusion of enrollment-related budget money, Joe bought close to thirteen thousand books at various levels, from those aimed at fledgling readers to those

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"In his two short years, 'Principal Joe' has slashed all middle management--he's the only administrator at Liberty--and poured the money typically earmarked for administrative cost(an assistant principal, for example) into classrooms and student support."

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"Joe went though school knowing he wanted to make an impact, but he had no idea what that actually meant"

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"When his students come in every morning, he greets them with not a simply a smile but a hung and an "I love you." I think that shows Joe Manko's success in his work as a principal becasue he wants his students to feel like they can trust him.

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“nothing matters until the thing you need to get done gets done”
This shows that Joe Manko was successful as a principal because no matter what he would’ve give up on the kids, and he’d do anything that it takes to seem them succeed.

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"It's innovatie be baltimore standards, and its issues of class that makes it innovative for us."

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"His commitment is to give his impoverished students a level playing field and the tools to achieve what they can and want."

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"His hands draw his vision in the air with small descriptive gestures, and his soft dark eyes under expressive thick black brows become laser beams tracking the future of his students and the generations to come. And it will happen one hug at a time."

Joe Manko cares about his students. He believes that if they have someone who believes in them they will be more likely to succeed. He also greets students with a hug and an "I love you" every morning. He makes sure the students know that when they walk through the door, the school is not only a place of high expectations but a place of peace, freedom, and love. I think that this makes him different than most principals because he makes his students feel welcome and wanted.